Charred checkpoints on road to Ukraine's rebel stronghold Kramatorsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - The smouldering wreckage of rebel checkpoints, locals in makeshift balaclavas brandishing sawn-off shotguns and besieged cities on edge: this is the journey towards eastern Ukraine's separatist-held bastion of Slavyansk. Plastic cups of instant coffee lie strewn under a makeshift shelter -- testament to the pro-Russians' scrambled get-away when Ukrainian troops ...
May 4, 2014 - AFP via Yahoo! News